Riot Platforms Inc’s filing revealed that its CEO Les Jason unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.51 million on Jul 21 ’25. In the deal valued at $15.12 per share,100,000 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Les Jason now holds 919,911 shares worth roughly $10.24 million.
Then, Jason Les bought 100,000 shares, generating $1,386,000 in total proceeds.
Before that, Werner Ryan D. sold 3,747 shares. Riot Platforms Inc shares valued at $44,514 were divested by the SVP, CAO at a price of $11.88 per share. As a result of the transaction, Werner Ryan D. now holds 837,759 shares, worth roughly $9.32 million.
JP Morgan downgraded its Riot Platforms Inc [RIOT] rating to a Neutral from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Keefe Bruyette’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early January with a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating. Piper Sandler began covering RIOT with “an Overweight” recommendation on December 17, 2024. Macquarie started covering the stock on September 25, 2024. It rated RIOT as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of RIOT
On Tuesday, Riot Platforms Inc [NASDAQ:RIOT] saw its stock fall -2.54% to $11.13. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -18.16%. Riot Platforms Inc shares have risen nearly 19.42% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 9.01% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Riot Platforms Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Riot Platforms Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -1.26 million shares to a total of 83.18 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 84.44 million shares. There was a decline of -1.52%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on July 24, 2024 when Needham resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $13.
